Emily got home that night and laid the girls down for bed. She and Stephen were changing into pajamas or in Stephen's case his boxers when the doorbell rang. Emily walked downstairs and pulled her lavender silk robe closed to cover her white kinds see through white lace nightgown. She opened the door and found two men in suits. One spoke.

"Mrs. Forbes?" Emily nodded and he continued. "I'm Detective Rollins and this is Detective Beck. Do you mind if we come in for a minute?"

She nodded and let them inside. She glanced up the stairs before speaking.

"Can I get you both anything to drink?"

Detective Rollins spoke. "No thank you Ma'am. Are you aware that your neighbor was in a serious car accident tonight?"

She rose her eyebrows. "No. Which neighbor?"

"Victoria Grayson and her daughter in law. You're Mr. Grayson's ex-wife?"

She nodded. "Yes. Are they okay?"

"They are in critical condition. Can you account for your whereabouts tonight between 7pm-9pm?"

"My husband and I took our kids out for dinner and then to the trampoline park." She looked in her purse on the table and handed something to him. "I still have our passes into the park. The girls loved it so much I decided to get the summer passes."

He nodded. "Could you please write down the name of the restaurant you were at?"

She nodded and grabbed a notepad and pen. Stephen walked down wearing sweatpants and a white wife beater. He cocked his brows.

"Babe is everything okay?"

Emily looked up and explained. "Mrs. Grayson was in a car accident."

His face looked shocked. "Oh my God. Is she okay?"

Detective Beck spoke. "She and her daughter in law are in critical condition. Thankfully the infant in the car was unharmed."

Stephen nodded. "Is there anyway we can help?"

Emily handed them the paper. "This is the restaurant. Is there anything else we can do?"

Detective Rollins sighed. "No ma'am that will be all. Thank you for your cooperation."

She nodded. "Of course."

Stephen showed them out and waited until he knew the driveway was clear before walking back into the kitchen. Emily looked at him.

"Did you do this?"

He sighed and sat down. "No but I did pay someone to."

"What?"

"An old bodyguard of mine was more then willing to help. I paid him in cash and now he is somewhere beyond extradition. He is loyal and ruthless so he didn't care. Don't worry we only talked on a burner or in person at my parents house and I got the cash from Dad's safe so there is no bank record."

She paced. "The car?"

"Burned then crushed at an abandoned junkyard. No one will ever know."

She sat down and tried to come to grips with everything. "Why?"

"Because Victoria Grayson had hired a private detective to look into you. I made sure that your past was erased...there is nothing to find."

"The baby was in the car Stephen."

"I didn't know that. Nolan was keeping an eye on the Grayson's credit cards and saw that they paid ahead for a private dining room at a restaurant in the city. So I set it up. I had no clue Sara and the baby were in the car."

She nodded. She was quiet for a while. Stephen sighed and pleaded.

"Please say something."

She spoke in an eerily quiet voice. "No one will find out about this?"

"No."

She nodded. "We never need to speak about it again."

"Agreed."

She stood and sank onto his lap and kissed him.

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Daniel had stayed at the hospital all night. Charlotte wasn't speaking to him but she stayed. Conrad walked in and handed them each a coffee. Daniel looked at him.

"Where's Chris?"

"With the nanny."

He nodded. "Have you heard anything from the detectives?"

"Yes they checked out Emily but both she and her husband have alibis."

Charlotte huffed. "Told you."

Daniel wasn't giving up. "She could have paid someone or had her husband pay someone."

"There is nothing in her credit card statements or phone calls that indicate she or her husband had anything to do with this. The detective says that they seemed generally shocked."

Daniel sighed. He turned to Charlotte. "I'm sorry."

Charlotte looked at him and relaxed. "You were upset and you have every right to be. But how could you think Emily would go that far?"

"I didn't I guess but...it was weird."

She nodded. "I called Jack and asked him about Amanda and Emily. He said that they were in Juvie together for over two years. They were roommates and looked out for one another. When they were released Amanda wanted to get out of town so Emily gave her money so she could get herself together. They were like sisters."

Daniel nodded. "Makes sense."

"Maybe that is what mom saw?"

"Maybe."

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Sara was released from the hospital a week after the accident. She had a cast on her left leg and left arm. She needed help getting into their bed. Daniel set her bags down and looked at her.

"Are you sure that you don't want to stay in the guest suite on the first floor?"

She shook her head. "No I just want to be in our bed."

He nodded and sat down next to her. He handed her some of her pills. She looked at one upset.

"How many more do I have to take?"

Daniel spoke emotionless. "Just today. It's the last two."

She nodded and took them. Then she spoke with tears in her eyes.

"Why did this happen?"

He spoke quietly. "You heard the doctor, we can try again in a few months."

"That's not the point. We saw this baby on the ultrasound. We saw it's hands and it's little feet..."

Daniel grabbed her hand. "Sara it's gone. I can't change that. But we have a beautiful son that needs his mother."

She nodded. "It's just not fair."

"No it isn't. But we will try again when you think you're ready."

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Emily and Stephen stuck to their deal to never speak about the accident again. So far it was working. They came home from an ultrasound a couple weeks after the accident. Emily flipped through the pictures as Stephen drove.

"Are you sure about a gender reveal party?"

He nodded. "I want to find out with our family. I mean you know me otherwise i'll just blurt it out."

"Agreed. I was thinking about asking Charlotte to be the godmother."

"Same here. Then Devin for the godfather?"

"That works." She toyed with the black envelope. He stopped her. "Nope."

She pouted. "Oh come on one little peek?"

"No. We'll find out at the party."

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Charlotte walked into the kitchen wearing a pale blue sundress and wedges. Michael followed her in a turquoise dress shirt. Daniel was sitting with Sara, Chris and Conrad on the patio. Sara was tired of being stuck inside. Charlotte poked her head out.

"Hey were heading out."

Conrad nodded and looked at her outfit. "You look nice. Have fun."

She nodded. "We will."

They walked past them and opened the back gate. Conrad noted the lack of keys but didn't say anything. They walked over to Emily's and found Stephen's family already there. They stepped onto the newly renovated back patio and found Emily. She smiled and hugged Charlotte.

"I'm so glad you guys came."

Charlotte grinned. "Of course." She looked at Emily's small baby bump. "You're barely even showing."

"I know but then again I am comparing this with the twins. I was huge at this point with them."

She nodded. "So what do you think it is?"

"I'm leaning towards boy."

"Same here."

As soon as everyone arrived they ate and then they decided to do the reveal. Mainly because Emily couldn't wait any longer. They had a huge cardboard box decorated on the lawn. They walked over to it and Stephen spoke to everyone.

"Thank you all for coming. I can't tell you how much Emily and I appreciate all the love and support we get from this group of people. As you all know Emily and I have no idea what the gender is either. The only people that know are the doctor and the twins nanny Alex who got the balloons. So whose ready to find out?"

Everyone yelled. Stephen spoke to the girls.

"Okay girls you get to open the box on the count of three."

They nodded. Emily started counting.

"One...two...three..."

They opened the box and out flew over a dozen pink balloons. Emily clapped her hand to their mouth surprised. Stephen grinned and hugged her.

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While sitting on the patio Chris looked up and squealed.

"oon! Oons Mommy!"

They all looked up and saw pink balloons floating up into the air. Then they heard a lot of cheers from Emily's house. Conrad was stunned and looked at Sara and Daniel.

"Emily's pregnant?"

Sara stood and adjusted her crutches upset. "Of course she is."

She hopped back into the house.

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